Dig My Rig, April 2011

I PLAY A ’76 FENDER PRECISION Bass, a ’96 Ernie Ball Sterling, and a Rogue 8 string (a steal at $250) through a Markbass F1 into either an Epifani 2x12 or a homemade cabinet that contains an 18" subwoofer, a

I PLAY A ’76 FENDER PRECISION Bass, a ’96 Ernie Ball Sterling, and a Rogue 8-string (a steal at $250) through a Markbass F1 into either an Epifani 2x12 or a homemade cabinet that contains an 18" subwoofer, a 10" driver, and a 6.5" midrange horn. I am a good woodworker, but I had the black tolex and salt & pepper grille done by local pros to finish the job nicely. The cabinet is wired as two 8Ω sides, with the 10" driver seeing a full-range signal and the 18" and 6.5" sharing a crossover at 1kHz. The cab can be used with just the 10" (great Ampeg-esque rock sound), the accurate full-range fidelity of the 18" and 6.5" alone, or both circuits together for a wall of sound. —JON REESE, VIA EMAIL

WITH A 2002 FENDER AMERICAN Deluxe Jazz V (fitted with Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickups) and a 2009 Ernie Ball Music Man StingRay Stealth SLO, I can get just about any bass tone I need. The head and single cabinet

I HAVE A 1973 FENDER JAZZ BASS (named Sista) with stock pickups and a gold pickguard, and a 2002 KSD 5 string (named Peaches) with Nordstrand pickups and a pickguard I made myself. The rig shown here is my Gallien

I DON’T THINK I’LL EVER BE MORE portable than this I’m running a Mark Bass Little Mark Tube 800 into two Acme Sound B1 3 way cabinets. The whole thing weighs less than your average 5th grader and has about

HERE’S A RIG ASSEMBLED FROM USED COMPONENTS THAT PROVIDES great tone, the security of backups, and flexibility—and that actually fits in the back seat of a small car I like the classic Ampeg tone, and the 5 tube Ampeg SVP

Here’s a rig assembled from used components based on 30+ years of playing that provides great tone, the security of backups, flexibility, and that actually fits in the back seat of a small car I like the classic Ampeg tone,

WHILE OUT GIGGING WITH MY SWR SM400S PRO SERIES AMP and Goliath cabinet, I wanted a little more bottom end but was not happy with the tone of most 15" bass speakers, and an 18 was too much. After doing